Below is a photo journal of the most recent outreach/church plant I went on. While not all my trips are this adventures, this should give you a good idea of what a film outreach looks like.

Day 1: Finished packing the 4Runner with all the necessary equipment and hit the road by 10AM

By 3pm we parked the car as far as the road allowed and started a 2 and 1/2 hike to the top of a small mountain were a remote church village was located

8pm the church pastor cooked us a village delicacy known as bushmeat (a.k.a giant rat)

8:10pm I dined on the bushmeat

9pm bedtime on the church floor

Day 2: 8am one of the church members gave us some sort of cross between an armadillo and possum which we ate for breakfast...forgot to take a picture eating it.

10:30am we refueled on water before heading down the mountain

11:30am we stopped to take a photo on the way down...please notice the 3 church members who volunteered to be our sherpas.

4pm we arrived at the next village (not on top a mountain) and played some games with the kids
8pm we showed the film More Than Dreams which is a 45 min testimony of a Muslim man that come to Christ
10pm Bedtime in the church

Day 3: 9am the pastor of the church gives us a live Chicken as we're leaving...which makes for a fun car ride.
9:30am got a flat tire on our way to the next village...not to uncommon with the rough roads we drive on
9pm another film show...this time a movie called Charms which address the issue of ideal worshipping.
10:30pm bed time...yes once again on a church floor..this time there were no doors and we had a few spectators as we were going to sleep
Day 3: Finally got a shower....kinda

2pm arrived safely at the next village and started teaching some of the kids American football

4pm a little rest before our final film show

10pm to tired to set up tents in a small storage room
Day 5: 7am headed home
11:30am arrived safely back in Jos!
wow! wow! wow!!!!
ReplyDeleteI am lost for words. So amazing the work you and others are doing!
How did your stomach fair with the giant rat and armadillo crossbreed??
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Nice post!! That is what the good stuff is made of!!! (minus the glomour shot of you and the african shower, oh brother!!!)
ReplyDeleteMake sure you harness the secrets of cooking random bushmeat animals so you can come back and share with the rest of us...
ReplyDeleteWow! That is so cool! I would love to do something like that someday. Any room for women in an operation like that?
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